Marriette ground her teeth. Once again, the council spent their meeting sniping at each. Though she'd made them list what they wanted out of the experiment, almost nothing matched. They ignored the fact they all wanted holes in the roads fixed to argue about tax rates or access to land.

"Thank you, we're done for today." Marriette pasted a smile on her face as they fled the chambers. 

"I see what you mean." Torrance stepped out of the shadows where he'd been observing. "They ...